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<p><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/key-takeaways-alec-baldwins-exclusive-interview-george-stephanopoulos/story?id=81519931">Alec Baldwin sat down with ABC News&#39;s George Stephanopoulos</a> for his first official interview since the fatal shooting on the set of his film <em>Rust </em>the film&#39;s cinematographer, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/halyna-hutchins-death-cinematographer-memorial-1235036144/">Halyna Hutchins</a>, and wounded its director, Joel Souza.</p><p>The actor used his calm NPR voice but was incredibly defensive, insisting that he didn&#39;t pull the trigger, and is &quot;not responsible&quot; for the tragedy.</p><p>The bullet was discharged from a gun in his hand on the set of the Western being filmed in New Mexico. He argued that somebody else accidentally placed a live round in the gun that went off while he was rehearsing a scene.</p><p>&quot;Someone put a live bullet in a gun, a bullet that wasn&rsquo;t even supposed to be on the property,&quot; Baldwin said.</p><p>Asked if he felt guilt, he said &quot;no,&quot; as he is not to blame: &quot;Someone is ​responsible for what happened, and I can&rsquo;t say who that is, but I know it&rsquo;s not me.&quot;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/GStephanopoulos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GStephanopoulos</a>: &quot;Do you feel guilt?&quot;<br><br>Alec Baldwin: “No. Someone is responsible for what happened and I can’t say who that is, but I know it’s not me.”<br><br>NOW STREAMING on <a href="https://twitter.com/hulu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Hulu</a>: <a href="https://t.co/4iAWW86Kbw">https://t.co/4iAWW86Kbw</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BaldwinABC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BaldwinABC</a> <a href="https://t.co/F64P3aR9vB">pic.twitter.com/F64P3aR9vB</a></p>&mdash; ABC News (@ABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1466640842974711808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Baldwin described the day of the shooting.</p><p>&quot;I stood over her for 60 seconds as she just laid there kind of in shock,&quot; he said.</p><p>Before the gun went off, he and Hutchins met to discuss the scene.</p><p>&quot;This was a marking rehearsal,&quot; Baldwin explained. &quot;And [Hutchins] says to me, &#39;Hold the gun lower. Go to your right. Okay, right there. All right, do that. Now show it a little bit lower.&#39; And she&#39;s getting me to position the gun.&quot;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;She&#39;s guiding me through how she wants me to hold the gun for this angle,&quot; he added. &quot;I&#39;m holding the gun where she told me to hold it, which ended up being aimed right below her armpit.&quot;</p><p>Then the gun went off, a sequence of events that is now being investigated by the Santa Fe County Sheriff&#39;s Office.</p><p>Hutchins had been shot in the chest with a live bullet, and Souza was hit standing behind her.</p><p><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/alec-baldwin-rust-shooting-responsible/story?id=81490389"><em>ABC News</em></a><i> </i>writes that Baldwin stood over Hutchins for 60 seconds, &quot;kind of in shock.&quot; He was asked to leave, and the emergency helicopter arrived &quot;some 30 minutes later.&quot;</p><p>It was reported that other members of the crew had complained about unsafe working conditions on the set, which Baldwin dismissed.</p><p>According to the actor, 12- or 13-hour workdays are common on film sets. Crew members had walked off in protest of having to commute every morning from hours outside of the city, and began renegotiating their contract in the middle of filming. According to Baldwin, the renegotiation was &quot;not a good idea, as far as I&#39;m concerned.&quot;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Another target of public scrutiny&mdash;and lawsuits&mdash;is the films 24-year-old armorer and prop master. The role was filled by Hannah Guiterrez Reed, the daughter of &quot;famed Hollywood armorer Thell Reed.&quot; It was her job to handle the weapons on-set, but she was also splitting her time between managing the weapons and other prop-related jobs.</p><p>After she died, Baldwin met with Hutchins&#39;s widower and 9-year-old son.</p><p>&quot;And this boy doesn&#39;t have a mother anymore,&quot; he said to Stephanopoulos. &quot;And there&#39;s nothing we can do to bring her back. And I told [her son], I said, &quot;I don&#39;t know what to say. I don&#39;t know how to convey to you how sorry I am.&quot;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Alec Baldwin says he is not to blame for fatal on-set shooting, does not feel guilty.

Alec Baldwin sat down with ABC News&#39;s George Stephanopoulos for his first official interview since the fatal shooting on the set of his film Rust the film&#39;s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, and wounded its director, Joel Souza.The actor used his calm NPR voice but was incredibly defensive, insisting that he didn&#39;t pull the trigger, and is &quot;not responsible&quot; for the tragedy.The bullet was discharged from a gun in his hand on the set of the Western being filmed in New Mexico. He argued that somebody else accidentally placed a live round in the gun that went off while he was rehearsing a scene.&quot;Someone put a live bullet in a gun, a bullet that wasn&rsquo;t even supposed to be on the property,&quot; Baldwin said.Asked if he felt guilt, he said &quot;no,&quot; as he is not to blame: &quot;Someone is ​responsible for what happened, and I can&rsquo;t say who that is, but I know it&rsquo;s not me.&quot;.@GStephanopoulos: &quot;Do you feel guilt?&quot;Alec Baldwin: “No. Someone is responsible for what happened and I can’t say who that is, but I know it’s not me.”NOW STREAMING on @Hulu: https://t.co/4iAWW86Kbw #BaldwinABC pic.twitter.com/F64P3aR9vB&mdash; ABC News (@ABC) December 3, 2021 Baldwin described the day of the shooting.&quot;I stood over her for 60 seconds as she just laid there kind of in shock,&quot; he said.Before the gun went off, he and Hutchins met to discuss the scene.&quot;This was a marking rehearsal,&quot; Baldwin explained. &quot;And [Hutchins] says to me, &#39;Hold the gun lower. Go to your right. Okay, right there. All right, do that. Now show it a little bit lower.&#39; And she&#39;s getting me to position the gun.&quot;&quot;She&#39;s guiding me through how she wants me to hold the gun for this angle,&quot; he added. &quot;I&#39;m holding the gun where she told me to hold it, which ended up being aimed right below her armpit.&quot;Then the gun went off, a sequence of events that is now being investigated by the Santa Fe County Sheriff&#39;s Office.Hutchins had been shot in the chest with a live bullet, and Souza was hit standing behind her.ABC News writes that Baldwin stood over Hutchins for 60 seconds, &quot;kind of in shock.&quot; He was asked to leave, and the emergency helicopter arrived &quot;some 30 minutes later.&quot;It was reported that other members of the crew had complained about unsafe working conditions on the set, which Baldwin dismissed.According to the actor, 12- or 13-hour workdays are common on film sets. Crew members had walked off in protest of having to commute every morning from hours outside of the city, and began renegotiating their contract in the middle of filming. According to Baldwin, the renegotiation was &quot;not a good idea, as far as I&#39;m concerned.&quot;Another target of public scrutiny&mdash;and lawsuits&mdash;is the films 24-year-old armorer and prop master. The role was filled by Hannah Guiterrez Reed, the daughter of &quot;famed Hollywood armorer Thell Reed.&quot; It was her job to handle the weapons on-set, but she was also splitting her time between managing the weapons and other prop-related jobs.After she died, Baldwin met with Hutchins&#39;s widower and 9-year-old son.&quot;And this boy doesn&#39;t have a mother anymore,&quot; he said to Stephanopoulos. &quot;And there&#39;s nothing we can do to bring her back. And I told [her son], I said, &quot;I don&#39;t know what to say. I don&#39;t know how to convey to you how sorry I am.&quot;

Alec Baldwin sat down with ABC News&#39;s George Stephanopoulos for his first official interview since the fatal shooting on the set of his film Rust the film&#39;s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, and wounded its director, Joel Souza. ...